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As this country's first black President, President Obama's inevitable reelection means that a black person is capable of being a two-term President. To the dismay of Republicans, Conservatives, and bigots in this society, President Obama shatters their misguided notion that black people are inferior and undeserving of being respected and treated as equals. President Obama faced more adversity in his rise than any previous President. As a black man, he was given less consideration as a matter of course than any white man or woman. It required that he be supremely versatile, patient, and possess a measure of resolve matched by a rare few outside his race. It required that he be supremely intelligent. He had to be twice as good.
As President, he has faced the greatest opposition in history, cursed by the most obstructionist and short-sighted Republican representation in Congress in this nation's history. He was given the worst mess in history, courtesy of the worst President in history (Republican Bush). He is the most scrutinized, disrespected, and criticized President in history because of the bigoted opposition. Social media has given the opposition more tools to use deceptive marketing to unjustifiably attack him, to an extent that no previous President has had to confront.
Yet, this black man continues to hold himself with class, dignity, integrity, poise, and character like no other. He continues to benefit this country and resuscitate it from the Bush Dark Ages, despite Republican obstructionism, a lousy Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, and billionaire-funding of the opposition's weapons. What a great symbol he (and Michelle) represent for the reality that black people are an extraordinary people, and capable of great things.
Also important too is that his election and reelection are a glaring symbol that this country contains enough non-bigoted, non-black people who represent opportunity for every black person who strives for all that is high and noble as President Obama and his incredible wife Michelle have done.
Yes, President Obama's relection means a great deal as a reflection of this country's progression in an area that Republicans know nothing about: Civil Rights, Equal Opportunity and Consideration for blacks and other historically-disadvantaged minorities.
I, too, am standing up applauding this well written and true post. It's a 15 on a scale of 1 to 10.
What odds..McCain and Palin ? ROFL..the odds were like 99 to 1 in favor of Obama.
That was NEVER a guarantee that Obama would win. The media kept talking about the "Bradley effect" where the polling would not match the actual votes, espec in a state like Penn with so many older, white voters. When they announced that Obama won Penn, I knew that he had won.
As this country's first black President, President Obama's inevitable reelection means that a black person is capable of being a two-term President. To the dismay of Republicans, Conservatives, and bigots in this society, President Obama shatters their misguided notion that black people are inferior and undeserving of being respected and treated as equals. President Obama faced more adversity in his rise than any previous President. As a black man, he was given less consideration as a matter of course than any white man or woman. It required that he be supremely versatile, patient, and possess a measure of resolve matched by a rare few outside his race. It required that he be supremely intelligent. He had to be twice as good.
As President, he has faced the greatest opposition in history, cursed by the most obstructionist and short-sighted Republican representation in Congress in this nation's history. He was given the worst mess in history, courtesy of the worst President in history (Republican Bush). He is the most scrutinized, disrespected, and criticized President in history because of the bigoted opposition. Social media has given the opposition more tools to use deceptive marketing to unjustifiably attack him, to an extent that no previous President has had to confront.
Yet, this black man continues to hold himself with class, dignity, integrity, poise, and character like no other. He continues to benefit this country and resuscitate it from the Bush Dark Ages, despite Republican obstructionism, a lousy Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, and billionaire-funding of the opposition's weapons. What a great symbol he (and Michelle) represent for the reality that black people are an extraordinary people, and capable of great things.
Also important too is that his election and reelection are a glaring symbol that this country contains enough non-bigoted, non-black people who represent opportunity for every black person who strives for all that is high and noble as President Obama and his incredible wife Michelle have done.
Yes, President Obama's relection means a great deal as a reflection of this country's progression in an area that Republicans know nothing about: Civil Rights, Equal Opportunity and Consideration for blacks and other historically-disadvantaged minorities.
That is just rich.
So people should vote for Obama because he is black and people would be racist if they do not vote for him again?
Only a democrat could come up with that. Whatever happened to judging someone by "the content of their character and not the color of his skin"? You do realize, don't you, how racist your post is? You are saying that blacks are so inept and inferior that they cannot be held to the same standards as white presidents. That is derrogatory and insane. Obama just happens to black, however, the main issue is that he is inept and ineffective.
Obama is incompetent. Carter was incompetent. Race is not an issue in this election; this election is about the economy and Obama has failed dismally. The nation should not have to suffer to soothe the hurt feelings of one petty, inept, petulent black man who has failed and seeks to use the race card as a scapegoat. That is pathetic and insulting to every black citizen who works hard, is competent in thier work, and accepts personal responsibility.
Your Texas vote isn't worth anything anyway. Neither is mine.
Well I haven't voted D or R for the last 2 Presidential elections which makes it even further not worth anything. But it does to me..I vote the person who "I" think is best for this country.
As long as I vote, my vote counts. It's when you stop voting is when you "throw your vote away".
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